The best place to start would seem to be the
richest man in town, right? So the party goes to the mansion on the
north edge of town. There's a man in a suit inside, running around
frantically. He stops when he sees Celes.

ﾀﾞﾝﾁｮｰ「マリア…！？

Impresario: Maria...!?

IMPRESARIO: Maria!?

{ｾﾘｽ}「わ、私のこと？

{Celes}: Y-you mean me?

{CELES}: Are you talking to me?

ﾀﾞﾝﾁｮｰ「すまん、人違いだった。
その女性が私の劇団の女優に
あまりにもにていたので…
あー こまった…

Impresario: Sorry, mistaken identity.
That woman looks so much like
an actress in my troupe that...
Ahhh, what a mess...

IMPRESARIO: Sorry...my mistake.
Wow, you could pass for Maria in a heartbeat!
Hoo boy, now I really am in trouble...

He rushes out of the building, dropping an
envelope in his haste.

『{セリス}がマリアに……？

"{Celes} looks like Maria...?"

{CELES} looks just like Maria...?

The party picks up the envelope.

『あの人が落としていったぞ。

"That person dropped it when he left."

That PERSON dropped it off.

A man who... well... is apparently too rich to care
about fashion sense... walks up to explain a little.

マスター「オペラ座で芝居を
やっている劇団長なんですよ。
皆はダンチョーって呼んでますがね。
そんな手紙が来たもんだから
よいつぶれて…

Master: He's the troupe leader who
puts on plays at the Opera House.
Everyone calls him the Impresario.
He drank himself silly thanks to
getting a letter like that...

MASTER: He's the director of the operas here.
Everyone just calls him "Impresario."
He's been in a tizzy ever since that letter arrived.

Loosely. ダンチョー
(DANCHOU) appears to be shortened
from 劇団長 (gekidanchou, troupe leader).
While not quite the same thing as an impresario, which
would be more like a producer, it should be close
enough.

The party reads the letter,
and the music fades out...

「おたくのマリア。
ヨメさんにするから、さらいに行くぜ
さすらいのギャンブラー」

"My Dear Maria,
I'm coming to carry you off to be my bride.
– The Wandering Gambler"

My Dear Maria,
I want you for my wife.
I'm coming for you...
The Wandering Gambler

{ﾛｯｸ}「誰なんだ？
このさすらいのなんとかは？
「知らないのかい？

{Lock}: Who's he?
This wandering whatever?
: You don't know?

{LOCKE}: Who's this "Wandering..."? what's-his-name?
MASTER: You born on a farm, son?

2-11 "Setzer" plays as the scene
changes to show a man with long silver hair and wearing a black
trench coat standing on an airship deck. In case you don't know
what an airship is, it's a ship that sails the skies. The variant seen
in this game stays aloft with a large balloon (presumably hot air
or helium) and uses propellers for movement and steering,
much like a blimp.

正義や悪……
そんな物とは関係のない世界に生き
ギャンブル場の入った飛空艇
ブラックジャック号で空をかける男

Right, wrong...
This man lives in a world that has nothing
to do with such things, and sails the skies in
the Blackjack, an airship with a built-in casino.

A blackjack-playing, world-traveling, casino-dwelling free spirit...

世界に１台しかない飛空艇を
持っている{セッツァー}さ。

He's {Setzer}, owner of the world's
one and only airship.

That's {SETZER}, owner of the world's only airship.

{ｾﾘｽ}「飛空艇があれば
空から帝国に乗り込める。
{ﾛｯｸ}「会いにいこうか。
……{セッツァー}に

{Celes}: We could cruise into the Empire
from the sky if we had an airship.
{Lock}: Let's go meet him.
...this {Setzer}.

{CELES}: If we could get that airship, we'd make the Empire in no time.
{LOCKE}: Let's set up a meeting...with {SETZER}...

I find it a bit odd that, if this is the only
airship in the world, everyone knows exactly what the term means
right away, with no explanation. It's simple enough to figure out
from the kanji ('fly' + 'sky' + 'ship'), but they're supposed to be
talking to each other, not writing things down... Maybe airships
were once more common, or maybe it's just so famous that
everyone knows about it.

And upon hearing from the townsfolk that the
Opera Theater is further south, the party continues their journey.

If you like Gau or just want a side trip to
learn some magic, this is your last chance for a while to go back
to the Beast Plain. Head to the Returner Headquarters, through
Bannan's room, and onto the raft to ride down Lethe River again,
which will now always drop everyone off on the eastern side,
where Mash landed. Retrace his steps, thankfully with fewer
events and interruptions, to get to the Beast Plain and back.
The best part comes when you take the ship to South Figaro
and try to disembark there...

街は帝国兵がうようよさ。
気づかれないように出してやるぜ。

The town is crawling with Imperial soldiers.
I'll make sure to get you out unnoticed.

Imperial troops are milling about.
Gotta jam without being seen!

The merchant then pulls out a treasure
chest, shoves the party inside, and takes it to the edge of town
before opening it up again.

気をつけてな。

Be careful.

Use caution.

The music during this scene is,
of course, "??".

オペラ劇場
Opera Theater
OPERA HOUSE

"Spinach Rag" plays in the theater.
The Impresario stands just inside.

{Lock}: We deliberately let him carry
off {Celes}, disguised as Maria,
and he'll lead us to the airship.

{LOCKE}: {CELES} will be our Maria! She'll lead us to the airship!

ﾀﾞﾝﾁｮｰ「名案だ！

Impresario: Great idea!

IMPRESARIO: Brilliant!

I swear this guy has mood swings.

Celes suddenly starts running around wildly.

{ｾﾘｽ}「そ そんな！
私はもと帝国将軍よ。
そんなチャラチャラした事
できるわけがないでしょ！

{Celes}: I c-couldn't!
I'm a former Imperial general.
As if there's any way I could possibly
do something so flirtatious!

{CELES}: W...wait!
I'm a GENERAL, not some opera floozy!

And maybe if she'd cut back on the
overreaction, we'd believe her. She's positively giddy with excitement.

Celes shoves Lock out of the way and races
for the next room so eagerly that she runs into the door. Oops. She
gets up and this time opens the door before going through and
closing it behind her. Lock gets up and walks over to listen in.

あー あー ラララー らー
あ うん

マ ァ リィ アーー

A— a— la la la— la—
Ah yes

Ma a rii a——

Mii... Mii...
Do, re, mi...
Faa...hack, cough...

Maa... rii aaaa

Lock laughs.

{ﾛｯｸ}「結構やるきだぜ。
{セリス}は

{Lock}: She's pretty motivated,
that {Celes}.

{LOCKE}: Not bad, {CELES}!

A familiar purple octopus (now there's a phrase
you don't hear every day) comes out from behind a curtain not far away.

ｵﾙﾄﾛｽ「ふっしっしっし
わいも{セッツァー}をマネして
挑戦状送ったるけんね。

Orthros: Fssh ssh ssh.
I'll pretend to be {Setzer} too, and
send them a letter of challenge.